Aerospace engineering strives to push limits to go further with efficiency. We are advancing efficient launch mechanisms and fuel and propulsion options to get us into deep space. Out of this pursuit for deep space propulsion comes our pursuit for fusion energy solutions here on Earth. We produce aerodynamic surfaces and structures that reduce drag and save energy on not only air, space and underwater vehicles, but also large systems producing energy such as wind and marine turbines. We also develop lighter, stronger composite materials that require less energy to produce, transport and operate.
We are also working actively to benchmark and improve environmental conditions by developing satellites and drone systems to monitor several environmental markers and ecosystems. We are also agile in our applications. One example is we are developing methodologies to improve the study of corals and building structures to support them as they recover.
Associated faculty
Key labs
- Computational Fluid Mechanics
- Computational Plasma Dynamics Lab
- Detonation Engines
- Flow Z-Pinch Lab
- Multiscale Analysis of Materials & Structures (MAMS)
- Nonlinear Dynamics & Control Lab
- Plasmawise
- Quantitative Flow Visualization for Fluid and Turbulent Flow Studies
- RAIN Lab
- Space Propulsion and Advanced Concepts Engineering Lab (SPACE Lab)
- Williams Turbulence Laboratory
- Vortex Transport Lab
